Pedioplanis husabensis
| Pedioplanis husabensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Pedioplanis |
| Species: | P. husabensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pedioplanis husabensis & , 1989
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Pedioplanis husabensis, also known commonly as the Husab sand lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Namibia.
Geographic range[]
P. husabensis is found in the central portion of the Namib desert in Namibia.[1]
Reproduction[]
P. husabensis is oviparous.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Pedioplanis husabensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 May 2019.
Further reading[]
- , (1989). "On the parapatric existence of two species of the Pedioplanis undata group (Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae) in the central Namib desert (Southwest Africa) with the description of the new species Pedioplanis husabensis ". Herpetozoa 1 (3/4): 83–95. (in English, with an abstract in German).
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised Edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Pedioplanis husabensis, p. 174 + Plate 58).
- , , (2012). "Notes on some aspects of the ecology of the Husab Sand Lizard, Pedioplanis husabensis, from Namibia". African Herp News, Newsletter of the Herpetological Association of Africa (56): 1–11.
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Categories:
- Pedioplanis
- Reptiles described in 1989
- Endemic fauna of Namibia
- Taxa named by Hartwig A.E. Berger-Dell'mour
- Taxa named by Werner Mayer (herpetologist)
- Lacertidae stubs